Tag Archives: images

T3: Finding Images Online

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Diana

Looking for images? Make sure you don’t violate copyright! Free Photos Bank: This site has a nice collection of free photos available for download without login. They’re extensively categorized with a few different ways to search, too. IM Free: Unlike most free … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Mammal Images

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Barbara

The American Society of Mammalogists hosts a digital mammal image library containing more than 2,500 images. Browse a numbered list for a random delight, select a mammalian order (e.g., Proboscidea) at the bottom of the screen, or search the image … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Whales and Lights Show

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Barbara

I couldn’t resist blogging about this, I guess, because it was such a beautiful image on the news earlier this week: whales swimming under the northern lights, an image captured by a Norwegian TV station. Click the screenshot, and then … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Astronomy Picture of the Day

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Barbara

Here’s some fun you can have not only on Friday, but every day: Astronomy Picture of the Day. “Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional … Continue reading →

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Looking for Images?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Amanda Howell

Are you looking for images to use in your upcoming presentation? In order to avoid violating copyright, check out some of the websites below. Each site includes images that you can use without breaking copyright laws. Some of the images … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: American Museum of Natural History’s Digital Special Collections

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Barbara

When I lived in the Washington, D.C. area, I loved to visit the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian). I enjoyed it so much, that when I traveled to other cities I looked for other natural history & science museums … Continue reading →

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ARTstor Digital Library – Image Repository

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Carol

ARTstor Digital Library is an online image repository of 1.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Take a look and see for yourself how ARTstor … Continue reading →

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Digital Public Library of America

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

There are lots and lots of institutions providing digitized materials, but who has the time to find them? Well, here’s a one-stop discovery tool! The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides free access to the digitized riches of libraries, … Continue reading →

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Pinterest

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Barbara

Are you using Pinterest? I recently saw something about it in a job candidate’s application, and then I had a brief discussion about it with some students and faculty. And now I see that the Warhawk Social Media group will … Continue reading →

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Friday music video: Honoring Hubble

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Barbara

To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s millionth measurement logged on July 4th (and I’d say just to celebrate the beauty of the images it has provided us too), Daniel Pendick, a science writer at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center, produced … Continue reading →

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